Hexagram 35
Progress
Fire over Earth
The judgment
康侯用锡马蕃庶，昼日三接The sun comes up over the earth and what is on it becomes visible. Advancement here runs on being seen, and that exposure is the price.
The image
The sun clears the horizon and the shadows draw back behind what stands up. Light arrives before the work does.
The six lines
Read from the bottom up. A line that moves is read here, and read again in the hexagram it becomes.
- 初六Line 1
晋如，摧如，贞吉。罔孚，裕无咎
Pressed down right at the start, strength not yet out; stay put, root yourself, and let this round pass.
Marked in the textauspiciousno blame
- 六二Line 2
晋如，愁如，贞吉。受兹介福，于其王母
Moving in, a weight drags at the chest; that heaviness is what finally leans on support long left unspoken.
Marked in the textauspicious
- 六三Line 3
众允，悔亡
Those around nod, the stuck gate loosens, and a foot caught between forward and back can shift ahead.
Marked in the textregret clears
- 九四Line 4
晋如鼫鼠，贞厉
Burrowing and grabbing for position like a rat, more cramped the closer to the seat, the scrambling itself eats the ground.
Marked in the textdanger
- 六五Line 5
悔亡，矢得勿恤，往吉无不利
The hanging matter has dropped; no more tallying gains and losses. The arrow has left the bow, and the strength kept back for guarding need not be held any longer. Walk straight on, lighter than expected.
Marked in the textregret clearsauspiciousnothing works against it
- 上九Line 6
晋其角，维用伐邑，厉吉无咎，贞吝
At the very tip only hard collision remains; fine for clearing disorder inside your own ground, excessive beyond it.
Marked in the textdangerauspiciousno blamenarrow going
Where each changing line leads
Flip one line and it is a different hexagram. These are the six it becomes.
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The classical text is the Zhouyi, public domain, checked against a Wikisource transcript. The readings are ours. Daily hexagram